CUSA encouraged students to fax provincial politicians a message to drop tuition fees (Photo: Adam Dietrich)

Carleton earth sciences professor Brian Cousens shed light on his two-week geological field expedition to Iceland studying volcanic activity at the Science Café Oct. 14, organized by Carleton’s faculty of science.

The Science Café is held every other Wednesday at Wild Oats Café, where various members of the community share their knowledge on specific science-related topics and initiate engaging discussions on how they can help solve real-world problems.

Carleton's undergraduate recruitment programs are in full swing this year, highlighted by a new ad campaign, entitled “Anything but Textbook.”

The campaign features the slogan written backwards ….

“The underlying message of the campaign is that when you come to Carleton you’re not only going to get a great education, you’re going to have an outstanding experience,” said Jason MacDonald, director of university communications.

CFS petition lost in transit

A petition with approximately 2,300 signatures asking to hold a referendum on Carleton undergraduates’ membership in their national student union appears to have been lost in transit.

The petition, which began circulating campus Sept. 14, must be approved by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) in order for a referendum to be held in March.

More than 150 people came to see Norman Finkelstein, a controversial political scholar, lecture on the Palestine-Israel conflict Oct. 14 at Carleton.

“It’s very calm and non-heated here, unlike other places,” Finkelstein said.

It was his first visit to Carleton, sponsored by Carleton Cinema Politica and OPIRG/GRIPO from University of Ottawa.

Historian, former social worker, professor and author, Finkelstein is an outspoken activist known for his work on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Holocaust and Zionist policy.